Chapter 150 How dare a summer insect talk about ice?
Han Xin's pupils suddenly dilated, and he was shocked as if he had seen a ghost: "This... has come to this?"
"The Thirteenth Young Master has actually brought law to its peak?"
“He actually foresaw the establishment of a supervisory body to prevent officials from oppressing the people?”
"This plan is extremely ingenious."
"No wonder the complaints about heavy taxes in the countryside have become less frequent recently!"
However, Han Xin still shook his head and said regretfully: "Unfortunately, this method fails to touch the root."
"Now that the Thirteenth Prince is in power, he has great prestige and can control all the officials. Therefore, everyone is afraid of him and dares not to arbitrarily seize the people's wealth."
"But what about a hundred years later, young master?"
"If a new monarch is short-sighted and unable to check and control the officials, the country will eventually repeat the same mistakes, and the essence will not change."
Ying Zheng sneered: "Oh, do you think you know everything?"
"Would the Thirteenth Young Master not have expected this?"
"Reform is already underway, did you know that?"
"Do you understand what 'abolishing all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone' means?"
"Do you understand the meaning of 'repealing old laws and creating new ones'?"
"Do you understand the grand vision of 'absorbing the essence of hundreds of schools of thought, giving equal weight to Confucianism and Legalism, and building a new Qin Dynasty'?"
The First Emperor spoke eloquently and listed Dong Zhongshu's ideas on governing the country one by one, leaving Han Xin speechless and unable to do anything but stare in amazement.
Han Xin's mouth opened wider and wider, in disbelief: "How... is this possible?"
"I have pondered for many years, and the only way I can think of to save the Qin State is to overthrow the tyranny and govern the country with the Confucian idea of people-centeredness."
"And Young Master Thirteen actually touched upon such a profound concept!"
“Many of these concepts are beyond my reach!”
"This strategy is really brilliant!"
The First Emperor did not give him a chance to catch his breath and continued his impassioned speech.
"You are a self-important scholar. Do you think that just because you have read a few volumes of books, you think that no one in the world can surpass you?"
"Do you know what the Thirteenth Young Master did besides improving the food?"
“He’s inventing paper!”
“He’s going to start a school!”
"He wants every well-fed citizen in the world to have the opportunity to study!"
"Learn from the teachings of hundreds of schools!"
"Master a skill!"
"Explore your own potential and contribute to the prosperity of Daqin!"
"At the same time, all the people in the world will have a path for future development and the opportunity to enter the officialdom and become a noble or prime minister!"
"How little you know!"
"Have you ever understood the slightest bit of these profound truths?"
"You only see the people being oppressed by harsh policies, with nowhere to appeal, and in desperation, they have no choice but to rise up in resistance!"
"You keep talking about the brutal Qin State and the tyrants."
"Come on, do you still dare to scold me now?"
"Short-sighted frog in a well!"
"How dare a summer insect talk about ice!"
"snort!"
Han Xin was dumbfounded the whole time, speechless, standing there in a daze, completely in a state of shock!
In discussing the system and state governance strategies, the First Emperor finally showed his eloquence and wisdom to the fullest!
damn it!
How frustrated and shocked he was by Dong Zhongshu's rebuttal back then, and how happy he is now!
Judging from the look on Han Xin's face, he must have been rendered speechless by his criticism, right?
Do you still dare to slander me?!
Han Xin was indeed shocked by the words of the wise man in front of him. In Huaiyin County, the most he learned was that the nobles had distributed food not long ago, so the number of starving people in this year's famine was significantly reduced.
He never imagined that in faraway Xianyang, two months after the death of the First Emperor, so many major events would happen!
"The Thirteenth Young Master?"
"This person must have the talent to turn the world around!"
"With him, the fate of the Qin Dynasty will surely flourish, and the lifeblood of the Qin Dynasty will be continued!"
Han Xin pondered over those policies in a daze. The Thirteenth Young Master had already considered all the issues he could think of.
Not only that, he also proposed excellent solutions to the problem, any of which was far better than an uprising against Qin!
If people no longer starve to death and farmers have a way to survive, who would put down their hoes, pick up weapons, and risk their lives!
Han Xin stared with his eyes wide open for a while, then suddenly realized something.
"Oh no! I was offering advice to Xiang Yu yesterday!"
"If they follow my advice, the world will still be in turmoil!"
When Ying Zheng heard this, he smiled and said, "Why, do you regret it now?"
"Do you know how great our Great Qin is?"
Han Xin nodded and admitted: "Of course, forgive my ignorance before, I thought that the Thirteenth Prince was exactly the same as the tyrant Qin Shi Huang."
"If that happens, the Qin Dynasty will surely perish!"
Ying Zheng's face became gloomy and terrifying again.
Han Xin continued: "But now it's different. If what you said is true."
"If the Thirteenth Young Master really promulgated so many policies, then the people of our country would not only have fields to farm and food to eat, but they would even be able to go to school!"
“That will be an unprecedented flourishing age!”
"Such a prosperous Qin Dynasty must not be overthrown by Xiang Yu and his gang of remnants of the six kingdoms. We must protect Qin!"
Although Ying Zheng was accused, he still nodded and agreed with Han Xin's point of view.
In fact, it was mainly because Han Xin was convinced by his own words that his ideas changed.
From a rebellious citizen who was determined to oppose Qin, he became a good citizen who supported the development of Qin.
It would be fine to just curse a good citizen like this, after all, he doesn't know me. Everyone in the world is cursing me, can I really kill them one by one?
"but!"
Han Xin's words revealed deep worry, "However, Xiang Yu is undoubtedly the most powerful leader in history!"
"Once he becomes stronger, our Great Qin will face unprecedented threats!"
After hearing this, Ying Zheng did not show any worry, but instead joked: "What? You no longer call me Tyrant Qin, but Great Qin?"
"hehe."
"The Xiang Yu you are talking about is the general who led the cavalry to raid the Qin granary during the day, right?"
"What is so special about his martial arts?"
"He is just an average player, right? Wang Ben can fight him equally. There are countless characters like him in our Qin Dynasty."
"Even if there are fewer, why should we be afraid?"
Han Xin was surprised when he heard this: "Wang Ben was able to tie with him? You mean that in today's battle, Wang Ben won by a narrow margin just by relying on his horse's equipment?"
"If the two sides had the same equipment, let alone the same strength, even if Wang Ben's army was four or five times that of Xiang Yu, it would still be annihilated by Xiang Yu in one fell swoop!"
"Let alone anything else, just in the duel between the main generals, Xiang Yu only needs one move to easily defeat Wang Ben!"
Gao Zheng was shocked when he heard this: "What? How is that possible!"
"Wang Ben he..."
He wanted to mention the draw that Wang Ben himself admitted, and he almost killed the opponent with one blow.
"Some people witnessed the battle between Wang Ben and Xiang Yu in the army, and they were evenly matched."
"The two fought fiercely for a whole day, but both were unharmed and safe. Isn't this a draw?"
The First Emperor asked back.
(End of this chapter)